Tinted mother-of-pearl, circa 1880 Folded... - Lot 325 - Coutau-Bégarie

Lot 325
Go to lot
Estimation :
200 - 300 EUR
Result with fees
Result : 966EUR
Tinted mother-of-pearl, circa 1880 Folded... - Lot 325 - Coutau-Bégarie
Tinted mother-of-pearl, circa 1880 Folded fan, the leaf in black lace, with spindles. Two scrolls frame flowering branches and a central bouquet. Goldfish mother-of-pearl mount, tinted in bronze color, cut, engraved, and burgundy decorated with flowers. Metal clasp. H.t. 27,8 cm-H.f. 14,3 cm (restorations, small lacks) N.B. : the dyeing of the mother-of-pearl is a complex technical innovation developed in the 1870s by the workshops of Méru in the Oise. Rare, expensive, it is not very common and disappears at the beginning of the XXth century.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue